Vehicle tire



Petented ec. 23, 1924.

UNETEB STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE STANLEY PRESTON, 0]? SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

VEIIICLE TIRE.

Applicaton fi1ed. November 27, 1922.

Be it known that CLARENCE STANLEY PRESTON, a citizen 01: the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, beve invented certain new and useful mprovements in Vehicle 'lires of whieh the foliowing is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle tires of the solid t-ype, adapted more particularly ior trucks, delivery vehicles or other vehicles in which a compurativey heavy load is to be carried.

The principal object of my invention is to provide in a tire of the solid type (as distinguished from a pnenmatic tire) annular voids, cnrvilinear in cross section and free from 2111 angles, es voids angular in cross secton would tend to tear or break away Lit the points of the anges When subjected to load pressure road shock or pressure incident to fixing the tire (o a wheel rim.

Another object of my invention is to provide a tire of the solid type With an interior annular supporting rib or base, adjacent O Which are annular voids, curvilinear in cross section, placed in such a position as to form an annular Web between che rib and The voids, whereby the said Web Will be placed under tension and the solid portons of the tire Will be forced into said voids at the time the tire is subjected to load pressure or road Shock, in such a manner io absorb road shocks end prevent the j-ar end joit incident thereto from being Transmitted to the vehi cle body.

Another object is to increase the resihence 01 he solid type of the tire by providing for interior displacement of the solid ma terial in connection With a central so1id supporting rb of the same materiai fior placing certain interior portions of the elastie material of the tire under tension for ubsorbng road shock.

Another object is to strengfl1en the interior walls of the voids by the insertion therein of common garden hose or tubing of like materal 01 fabric end rubber or fabric end rubber compound, to prevent the colla.pse of the voids When subjected to pressure, as in the case of fixing the tire to a metal rirn, or when the tire is subjected to road shock or load pressure, and if desred the bose or tubing may be filled with com= Serial No. 603,682.

pressed uir to lnake a better cushion when subjected fo pressure end shock incident to its use.

The metter constituting rny invention Wl] be defined in the clairns.

I Wil1 W describe my invention in de tail by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a transverse section 0' a tiro embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a similar view showiog ccrtain modifications in construction.

Fig. 8 represents a section through Fig'. 2 showing a segmental portion of a. tire.

Fig. 4 represents a modification of Fig. 1

in transverse section.

Fig. 5 represents a modificaton 0? Fig. 1 in transverse section. A

The tire A s made with a solid body A of rubber cornpound or other resilient material, and may be molded in the desired form with the nterior annular voids, circuler in cross section, es set forth in the following description. The body A is made with a tread portion (6, and with annular beads (4 at each side of the base H. The tiro Will preferably be reinforced With strong fabric embedded in the rubber compound as indicated by 1, Fig. 2. in order to give I'h0 required strength and durability to such portion.

Nhen molding the tire Fig. l, I iocm by a suitable core the central interior Void or space C approximately ili the center 01 file tire and the voids D D in dose proximty but not to che base H. The annular sup portng rib B is located centraly at the L:;.se and will preferably be 9.11 integral part 01 che compound body A. as shown in Fig. 1, 01 may be 2L separate pari: es B shown in Fig. 2 end composed of any suitable material, such as wood or preferably rubber compound, and secured if desired, to the rim K. This rib Will bear centrally on a portion of: the body directly inside of the central void C. \Vhen the tire s constructed es shown in Fig. 1 elastic fins or conneec-ing webs E E are provided on each side of the rib B, and such web portions are placed under tension by a load or road shock. The effect of th s Will be to push solid material radially 0111- ward into the void C, and other portions 01: che solid material inwardly on each side of the rib into the voids D D. The web portions E E Wi1l thus act in a suspensory manner for the tread portion and Will be placed under tenson by load or road shock, thereby greatly ncreasing the reslency of the tire.

In case the rib B s made of a separate paria, as shown in F ig. 2, it s preferably made wth a transversely curved or polygonal faced outer perphery Z), end a fiat nner perpheral face b. In this modfied constructon oftre the fins E, Fig. 1, Will be oned to form an annular saddle portio-n E adapted to ride on the rb- B, as indcated in Fig. 2. The side portons of this saddle Will thus be placed under tension and suspend the so1d tread porton of the tre end mpart resilience to the structure, as descrbed wth reference to Fig. 1.

The annular vods, curvihnear in cross secton, are preferably provided with reinforcng material c as garden hose or endless tubng of substantially the same construction, such as fabric end rubber or fabric md rubber compound, to prevent the vods from collapsing When the time s subjected to 1oad pressure and road shock or pressure ncident to fixing the beads a a to a tre rrn. These tubes may be nflated before the tire undergoes the vulcanzng process and the ar drawn out afterwards by a small pn puncture or the ar may be left in to set as a cushon and thereby 1nake the tire more resilent in order to better Wthstand load pressure or road shock.

The number of ribs B, and vods I), and C may be ncreased in proporton to che width of the tre whch must be provided' for a heavier type oftruck.

In Fig. 4 I show the annular voids D D as being elliptcal in cross section, and the central vods C as beng heart shaped in cross seotion.

As prevously stated the principal object s to eliminate angles in the annullar voids so that they Wl1 not easily tear or break mvay When subjected to stran. No matter what shape of annular vod I employ I st1l keep the prncple of suspension whch is of great mportanoe.

The tire, as above construoted may be secured to a clencher rim K or vulcanized t-o a metal rm by a well known prooess now in use for astenng tires to wheel rims. I do not Wish to be lmited to any partcular Ineans or method of fastenng my tre to a wheel rm, but shall use means whch may be found most effectve for such purpose.

Having descrbed my nvention, what I glarn and desre to secureby Letters Patent 1s:

1. A vehcle tire of the sold type comprisng a body of reslent materia having un annular channel arranged upon ts inner perphery, an annular'rb arranged in sad channel, the body portion a1so having an annular vod, cur-vlinear in cross secton, located centrally thereof end beng of substantially the sanie 'width as the annular rib, the rib beng adapted to project nto said annular void under pressure, said body also having two annular voids arranged one on each side of the rb and in close proXmity to the inner perphery of the tre, and annular webs of elastc material formed between the said rb and voids, end connectng with -the solid material of the aire, whereby sad webs, when under load or pressure, Will be placed under tenson and act to suspend the load and to push the solid n1aterial into Sad voids, thereby increasng che resilience of che tire. e

2. A vehcle tire of the solid type comprsng il body of reslent materal havng an annular channel arranged upon ts nner perPhery, sad channel havng its walls curVed, an ahnular rib corresponding in shap to the ehannel, arranged in sad channel, the body also havngannular vods, one ai: each side and one at the outer 'perphery of the rb and havng the walls adj acent thereto corresponding to the adjacent surfaces thereof, the annular rb being adapted to proj ect into the vod arranged at '1ts outer perphery when under pressure, and alateral suspending web of elastg materal on each side of 1 said rb, there being one of the voids between eaoh web and the inner perphery of the aire.

In test1non whereof I'afl1x my Signa-cure.

CLAREN E STANLEY PRESTON. 

